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First Fairy Folk Festival
By Wendy DeMos
Missed Halloween?
Not to worry. You can become a fairy anytime.
I did.
And it was a delight.
The transformation happened recently at the Fairy Folk Festival in Sebastopol, a town of 8,000, an hour north of San Francisco.
This first-ever festival for fairies was held to benefit a new psychic children's learning centre based in this town, recently named by Outdoor Magazine as the "Best Town for Wellness" in the U.S.
Wendy DeMos (left) and Coral Barry, founder of the Psychic Children's Learning Center, says she grew up not being recognized for her sensitivity. Later, she learned how to allow and enhance her natural abilities, a gift she wishes to share.
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The school, which opened in mid-October, caters to children and youth between 1 and 18 and creates a fun, safe and nurturing environment for children who want to develop, explore and understand their natural intuitive and psychic abilities.
Coral Barry, the founder of the Psychic Children's Learning Center, says all children are born naturally psychic.
"We call it intuition, gut level feelings, deja vu, and many other things," says Barry. "Being psychic simply means being sensitive to energy that cannot be seen."
Ms. Barry says she grew up not being recognized for her sensitivity. Later, she learned how to allow and enhance her natural abilities, a gift she wishes to share.
Elves offered massages at the first-ever Fairy Folk Festival.
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"My intention is to validate children's natural and intuitive abilities."
"Intuitive children are sometimes accused of pretending or not telling the truth," she continues. "Some may talk to animals, angels or relatives who have passed on or see colours around people."
She says many sensitive children can be uncomfortable relating to other children and enjoy spending time alone and in nature. They also may have a hard time staying focused.
The learning centre offers parents an opportunity to support their child's uniqueness plus it gives kids a chance to be with others who are similar to them.
Activities at the learning center include communicating with power animals, sensing the energy of crystals and how to connect with your guardian angels.
The existence of psychic children is not a new phenomenon. The idea of the Indigo child was popularized in the 1999 book Indigo Children by Lee Carroll and Jan Tober, who define this person as "a boy or girl who displays a new and unusual set of psychological attributes."
Becoming a fairy.
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And Stephen Simon, producer of popular films What Dreams May Come and Somewhere in Time released a film recently about Indigo children called Indigo.
It isn't necessarily a documentary about Indigo children, he says, but a dramatic film about the disintegration of a family.
"In the midst of that comes the youngest member of the family, a 10-year-old child who has extraordinary psychic and healing powers and has been afraid
to let anybody know. And for reasons that people learn in the film," Simon continues, "she has to go on the run with her grandfather. In the running together, he discovers who this kid really is and she helps him and helps heal the family."
The core assertion of the Indigo movement is that these offspring are the next step in the evolution of the human species.
Some say labeling them as Indigo children exploits parents who are tired of hearing their kids have ADD.
To others, it is the obvious next step in a worldview that includes the supernatural.
"Our intention was to create a festival that keeps children as the focus," says Ms. Barry. "Most festivals we go to have children's activities on the side. We wanted our whole festival to be for children and help bring out the inner child in adults and inspire magic for young and old."
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Wendy DeMos is a singer/songwriter and freelance writer specializing in stories and songs about life's creative and spiritual dimensions. www.WendyDeMos.com
PHOTO CREDITS
John Werner
wernerphotography.com
Wendy
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